Regions and Countries

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p. 17 of 20 BACK | NEXT I. Country Performance Assessment II. Country Operational Strategy III. Sector Strategies IV. Regional Cooperation V. Donor Activities and Aid Coordination VI. Cofinancing and Catalyzing External Resources VII. ADB’s Operational Program VIII. Economic and Sector Work Program IX. Local Cost Financing

Country Assistance Plans - Lao People's Democratic Republic

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VI. Cofinancing and Catalyzing External Resources

86. Given ADF constraints and the need to increase resource mobilization, cofinancing has become an important component in ADB operations. In the past, ADB has succeeded in mobilizing a significant amount of cofinancing for road and energy sector projects. With the planned shift in operational focus, the size of individual cofinancing is expected to be smaller. Hence, there is a need for more systematic efforts to mobilize cofinancing. A number of potential co-financiers are being identified and approached for projects programmed in 2001-2003. These include: Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) (irrigation, rural electrification, and urban development), Australian Agency for International Development (health, and education), Danish International Development Agency (natural resources, and urban development), Food and Agriculture Organization (forestry), Germany (Nam Ngum river basin, education, and health), Japan International Cooperation Agency (irrigation, Nam Ngum river basin, urban development, and GMS), OPEC Fund (rural access roads), Norway (education), Sweden (forestry, rural access road, education, and health), UNDCP (rural access road), UNDP/UNCDF (rural finance), UNICEF (education, and health), and World Bank (finance). ADB will endeavor to mobilize about $10 million -20 million a year in joint and parallel cofinancing over the program period.

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